Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-11-26
NINA IN PRINT
The Proxy wife crAugust spies Writer
a letter.


hester.
New York dispatch: A letter written
by Miss Nina Van Zandt on September
"a, is published to-day, ofwhich the fol-
lowing are extracts:
NV Dear Lazarus-Since the recep-
ton of yours of the 18th inst, the blow
has fallen. Seven honorable judges
have unanimously condemned to death
seven innocent human lives, have wild
owed seven women and made orphans
no less Than nineteen little children.
Not alone this, they have invented II
new case of their own. | will simply
cite one of many examples. A steno-
graphic report Of A. Parsons speech at
the Haymarket was introduced In the
Gary comedy as evidence in favor of
Parsons. This is what he suid in sub
stance: ''No, Ito not try to hang Nc
Cormick or any other capitalist. A
hundred would spring up in his place.
Aim ut the system, not at an lndivid-
nal T" This was in answer to II sugges-
ton from the crowd that McCormick's
life should pay for the six workmen
whom he had ordered shot down in cold
blood the day before. You see it
proves that poor Parsons had not an
idea of stirring up the crowd to do any
over act. And so Gary and Grinnell
admitted. But the judges of the su
preme court have gotten ahead of Gary
and Grinnen They say; "A, r, Par
sons said at the Haymarket; DO not
murder Mccormick or any other one
man, but murder en- masse. See, Mr..
Lazarus, were not the matter so ter
rihly solemn could laugh every time |
think of that opinion of those judges.
/. your suggestions have not glanced
OF. Several have been ncted upon.
Ior instance, my mother wrote to Rev.
Dwight Moody, telling him the truth
rather fraction of it-concerning this
prospective assassination. She has had,
of course, no answer yet. You think
that should start out on a lecturing
trip and an, of course, perfectly will
ling, but all of the friends here say that
] must keep quiet, that must not give
the press chance to print new lies to
put infiammatory language into my
mouth, that it would not do, no differ
ence what said. For the sake of the
man who is of all living creatures the
nearest and best to me, am holding my
tongue. Thanking Won for all your kind
efforts in our behalf, am ever sincerely
yours.
[SiEnedl NINA SPIES.
P. S.-By the way, 1 must tell you of
a remarkable incident. The millionaire
clothing dealer, Henry w. King (his
magnificent mansion occupies diagonal
corner from our home) had two employees
on the celebrated gentlemen jury. One
or both of them were known to have
openly thirsted for the blood of Augustus
Spies ct al. before being empanelled.
King knows this, but will not permit
other employees to testify to it. Further
more, he has openly advocated the exc
cution. Now he has an adiudicator,
Bessie, who is engaged to be married to
young Charles Bentley, son of the rich
Bentley (banker or board of trade mani
of the south division of Chicago. Well,
the marriage has been mysteriously
postponed and now it leaks out that
Bentley has bitterly upbraided old King
with aiding and abetting legal murder,
and consequently King won't let his
daughter marry him. The young lady
VOWS that she will marry the young man
whether her father cuts her off without
shilling or not. Doesn't this show how
certain influential men of this town have
schemed? Here is "a fashionable,
wealthy, conventional young man who
cannot bear the idea of silently counte-
nancing such an atrocity and voluntarily
abandoning old Kings millions. I'm
precedented step.
80 Huron street, Chicago, H."